Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-07-02

Aorning-Bad Effects of Training on
 an Empty Stomach - Weight and
 Height.
 A reporter asked Professor J. M. Lafin.
 the athlete, about some of the rules for
 muscular devlOpment and the food and
 exercise necessary. He said:
 "A man must not impose upon his
 stomach; 1t is the boiler, the engine, as it
 were, that supplies strength to the body.
 People of bilious lymphatic temperaments
 are apt tO use drastic medicines to excess
 and ruin their constitutions Once let
 the insidiOuS use of strong drugs under
 mine the health and then nine times out
 Of ten the system never rallies to it's pris-
 tine condition. Exercise is food. it is
 health, it is life. I have given my life to
 the study of the development of human strength and endurance"
 How and when should a person exer- else tO be healthy and not Overdo the thing"
 Exercise should be avoided carly in the morning before breakfast on an empty stomach. The air is very unwholesoIne early in the morning, and until the sun t.,s purified it with it's generous beams tO breathe it freely is injurious MalariAl and chest diseases are liable to be taken, hence the imperative necessity of avoiding early morning exercise. People who are not professional athletes cannot stand the fatigue of exercise before break fast, and it even weakens the regular professional ones who are ignorant. The system is weaker when a person rises than at any other period during the day. l we'll re- member that was forced to walk twenty urffaz h..f.r.. .T-f, I train. l came back weak and exhausted. It was wrong and did me more harm than good. The athlete who trains on an empty stomach is merely devitalizing himself The proper way is to rise an hour or so after the sun k up, take light breakfast, and after the meal has been thoroughly digeSted then take the exercise. Then good work can be dOn0 without harm.
 There are many points of practice among Oarsmen and other professionals that are absolutely perniciOus An oars man when he comes in from practice will devote few minutes tO his boat before he rubs himself down. He should not permit himself tO cool down before he has wiped away the refuse matter. The pores of the skin are open then, but a few min uteS' rest closes them and the scrub dOesn | do 50 much good. It is common sense that is needed more than anything else. Then another fatal error is the shock and reaction theory. The young oaGsman while heated jumps into a cold bath. Coming out tO the natural tenn peratsre of the air there is a shock with | out any reaction. Young Maxwell a promising Oarsman, killed himself in this | way. He leaped into the water from his | boat, took cOngestive chill and died in | the hospital The proper way to cool oil | a man is the same as that of a race horse. | Rub him slowly, cautiously and in the | mans case use plenty of salt in the water | with which he is spOnged. A pint of salt | should be used to pail of water, thor | oughly dissolved. During the cooling | process moderate walking should be | taken under a blanket. There should | never be a sudden change from intense | exercise tO perfect rest; the prOgess | should be gradual. The great cardinal | principals of all training are simply com | mon sense and temperance in exercise"
 DIET OF ATHLETES.
 "Do all athletes agree upon the subject | Of diets"
 No, for I differ materially from my | brother athletes. deprecate the use of | rare meat Many suppose it is moro | than well cooked meat, but | lt k great mistake, it requires a cast Iron stomach, one with great tone and Il tO digest rare meat, and the be- ginner. as rule, is not able to do 1t. Nothing is well digested in the stomach | against which the palate revOlts. I can | not eat rare meat unless I spice it up | highly with condiments, and they are | positively imperviOus to digestion Meat | should neither be rare nor too well done. but medium that retains its natural juices. The rare meat idea has done a great deal of harm, and the sooner it is exploded the better. Without physical the greatest accomplishments amount tO nothing. The American scholar. as q rule, is a dyspeptic. He is razOr faced lantern jawed, thin, nervous man. The old regimen for the student is obsolete and almost as fatal as yellow fever. long morning walks before break fast. reduction of diet, little sleep and ire luent cold baths without we'll supported vitality. It is wonder how maI- students live, any way"
 ''Is there a special weight in proportion To a mans height for him 10 perform athletic feutss''
 ''Yes. If man is feet high he should weigh from 1O3 to I0S pounds to be lthletic in proportion. The proportions are arranged as follows, and they are ac- ,urate unless on account of some abnormal defects. Height feet inches, weight from ll9 to l2J pounds; height feet : inches, weight from 133 to l4O pounds; lei 5ht feet inches, weight from liO tO lJJ pounds; height , feet 9 inches, weight from lJ0 to 162 pounds; height feet 10 inches, weight from l62 to l12 pounds; height ! feet II inches, weight from lI2 .O tS3 pounds; height 6 feet. weight from lsO tO l92 pounds. It will be found the .bOve figures show what the weight of man should be in good condition accord ng tO the size of his bone, neck, chest, wrist, ankle and height, and, as rule, if his measurement does not compare closely with these figures, he must be consider lJly out of proportion. New York Mail md Express.